Wells Theological College

Stone building with small tower to the left of the arched doorway and bay window to the right.
Former library of the college, now the Music School and Concert Hall of the Wells Cathedral School

Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral.[1] It was one of several new colleges created in the nineteenth century to cater not just for non-graduates, but for graduates from the old universities who wished to receive specialist clerical training in preparation for ordination into the Church of England.[2] It was founded by Bishop Law.[3]

In 1971 it merged with Salisbury Theological College, the students moved to Salisbury, and the new institution became known as the Salisbury & Wells Theological College, now Sarum College.

  1. ^ Burns, R. Arthur (1999). The diocesan revival in the Church of England, c. 1800–1870. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-820784-9. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  2. ^ Dowland, David A. (1997). Nineteenth-century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge. Clarendon Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9780198269298. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ Kelly, Edward Robert (1875). Somersetshire. Oxford University. p. 502. Retrieved 7 October 2015.